A Seattle man who admitted using file-sharing programs to pinch personal information on 50 people as part of an ID theft scam has been jailed for four years.
Gregory Kopiloff, 35, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, computer hacking and aggravated identity theft offences at a hearing before the US District Court in Seattle in November …

It's not illegal to be tech unsavvy

More Daily Mail nonsense

"Should have moved to the UK and then only his wrist would have been slapped"

I'd be interested to see a story in the UK of someone who stole £75k directly from members of the public escaping without chokey; if there are any such examples, I'd be utterly amazed if they weren't very young, very old or mothers of dependent children.

Dollars, not Pounds

$73k equates to roughly £38k (probably nearer £35k next week).

I know of one individual who forged signatures, stole banking details, took out a credit card in "someone else's" name and then passed themself off as that "someone else" managing to fraudulently obtain goods and services well worth over £20k whilst also fraudulently claiming excess benefits and failing to disclose other income for taxation purposes. The individual then skipped the country and in so doing effectively abducted a young child. Their location is known by the courts and NOTHING has been done. Yes, SHE is a mother of dependent children. What ever happened to Equality of the Sexes?

@ john band

You can probably find some with a quick trawl through the news archives. However, I'll guarantee they won't be very young, very old or mothers of dependent children. Captains of industry maybe? MPs? Peers of the realm?

@ John Band

@ John Band

Before a multitude of massive benefits, expenses, freebies, bonuses and bribes (oops sorry, financial incentives that are not designed in any way to sway one's opinion), extra income from future jobs lined up whilst in position, gifts from foreign visitors, transport and security freely laid on and, indeed before not paying tax, the Prime Minister is good for some £100k.